Road grader



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App1iati0n-1earebruaryf 25, 192e.; :.seriai No.' 90,545.

This invention relates to road-graders and more particularly to adevic'e for leveling the dirt at the sides of a paved road With. the surfaceof the paving.

A further object'of-.the inventionl isytO.A provide a device .of lthis.character which..

may be constructed as anattachment either` for a truck or trailer drawn by a truck and which v*will require the lservices'.-ofx-butone man in its operation, who `inaybecthe driven A further object of thevinvention is to` j provide a devicey of this-.character which is readily adjustable-'to' meet varyingl condi-L tionsfand in which the'bl'adesI are so..con, structed that' they maybe readily shiftedv to` inoperative'position during transporta-l tion -o'f the devi-ce from place? toV place.

These and other objectsV Iiattainby, the construction shown fin the 'accompanylng.v

v drawings, 4wherein for thepurpose of illus-.

' cordance withvmy invention; A f

trationisshown a preferredembodiment'of my invention and wherein l q Figure 1 1s a partially diagrammatic plan. View of a road graderconstructed' 1n ac- Figure 2 is a-'slde elevation showing the inountings of thev scraper bladesy upon-the' frame;-

v Figure 3,@ is an enlargedl plan, View ofthe trailer section 'Showing the supportingframewith the blade mountings thereon;

Figure 4 is. a sect'on onthe'line Figure 3.

' Referring now'more particularly 'to thep y desig- Y naters aV wheel Supported?frame,at4 present* drawings, the numeral 1'0 general illustrated,y as formed in; two 'sections l0@u and 10b in which the'prior isa tractor section and may be a motori truclg and theflatter is ajtrailerf section jconnected: to the,'.se'cf tion 10@ by a draw-barl 11. The frame at theA section 1,0by includes parallely loi'igitudiunally extending frarneinembers vl2-to which is securedv aA supporting framework 13 which projects to vone side of the frame f section 10-,` as clearly shown. The frameworklfl?? consists of inner and 'outer pai-rs'of parallel-1" bars14 and lwhih are Vc 'onlneeted-*at one end thereof'by: a thi; oughabol-tv 1.6i upon-v contin uesfor` aV distance slightly greater than*` thex-widthfof the.v frame. At the ends.` Of

`this distance, the inner-bars 14 arvibent downward-Ly and outwardly, yas more clearly shown at ,'18 in Figure 4 .and have their lower en ds horizontally extending, ,asy indil cated at 19,. Theselower ends are ,connects 'ed by Ia longitudinally extending shelf 2Q which isl Slightly longer than itheV distance between opposite side' faces o-f the bars 14.

The. bars 15. are straight and atther outer ends are connected by a. shelf 21 extending l verticallyv above the l shelf 20.y Crossed braces 22 Vconnect the outer endsof each bar frame.v Y. v

vFormed in eachend of the shelf20 im- 15 to the bar` 14 atthe opposite side vo f the inedi'a'tely outwardlyof the adjacent bar 14 is anl opening 23 and the shelf v2l ispro.- vided. withropenings 24 vertically aligning with theopeningsf23. `vertically. slidable and rotatable through the forward set of openings '23., 24, is a1 king bolt .2 5 whilea similarlzing bolt26 is` directed through theV Y rear set ofopenings. Each king bolt has securedl theretofa collar 27 to whichy is attached the 'lowerl end of-a chain 28, the'up- Y per` end 'of' which .is wound about a shaftjl' 29. There is a shaftv29 for,eachkingl bolt'Ik and these shafts eachhave theirv innerY rrends journaled a bearingBQ secured to the shelf.`r 21 fand their outer ends projecting through the verticalplate 3l of a bearing "bracket 32. To the outer end ofeach shaft 29l ishsecured a'worn'r gear 33 which meshes witlr'a wor-nul 34 of a shaft 35 mounted in bearings carried by the 'bearing bracket32.,

The shaft 35. has secured, thereto a" bevel .pinion 36 which meshes withl a bevelV pini' 1on'37 on ashaft 38 having an operating handle 39;y rl `he operating handleV ofthe' ,shaft 36 associated with the yforward king vbolt 2`5-is lpreferably connected thereto by a universal joint 40'. 'The operating handle is sufficiently elongated to enable its deposif tion adjacent the driyers seat ofthe tra tor sectionlOa. (not herein disclosed). l

Y ljodthe lower .end-of the king bolt 25.y is

secured the inner end of a blade 41, theconxnection being such as to permit'movernent off-the- -outer enely of l the blade v'in -a vertical` plane. iflihe"outerl endfof'fthis:bladeV is con@V necteeil-vvithjtlieupper endl of the boltu 25. oye chain 4,2 which djei-iiitelylirni'tjjsthe;` downward movement-of the outer end of the bladeV is.; adj ust-able' as f to length.` .Tlf-.ie

. are arranged and adjusted*toconforin to A`outwardly to the shoulder S' may. be at all times maintained inproperrelation to'` thev f king bolt', may move'vertically until it hasv outer end eof the blade is further connected by a flexible element 43 withthe frame 10 at a point in advance of. the supporting frame 13 in such manner that this blade, during operation of the device, angles forward! ly and outwardly from its king bolt. At the lower Vend of the king bolt 26, a blade 44 is secured intermediate its ends and ata point more clearly adjacent its inner than its outer end. The outer end of this blade is connected with the upper end of'jthe king bolt 26'by abar 45,the connection of which"Y with the upper end of the king bolt is ad? justable, as'indicated at 46, so that the an gular position of the blade 44 withr relation to the king bolt 26 may be determined. At

thel same time, the blade 44 may beV held rigidly in position "with relation to the king bolt. The outer end of the blade 44 is con nected in advance of the rear end of the blade- 44 with AtheY shelf 21 or some other fixed point of the frame 13 or frameilO by a flexible element 47 which is adjustable as to length and which is atall times of such j length that the blade occupies a 'position substantially at right angles to the blade 41 and is intersected by the Aplane of the blade adjacent the inner end thereof. The inner end of this'blade is connected with a fixed pointL forwardly of such inner end by a second chain 4S. j Y

In the operation of the device, the Vblades the width of the particular shoulder which is to be maintainedafter which but little attention need be given to the blades. The

forward blade inclining outwardly and downwardly' and engaging with the material outwardlyfof the edge of the pavement P,

moves material inwardly and delivers it against the rear blade 44 adjacent theinner end thereof. The paving acts as a guide for the rear 'orfstrke-ofi' blade44 and since the wheels ofthe supporting frame would maintain this framelin approximate aligne, ment with the roadway, itfollows that theV blade44 which again directs thematerial roadway. In yeven-t any obstruction is, met with, such as a small raise onthe surface of the roadway, the blade 44, together with its passed over this obstruct-ion. In operation, the heel or inner end'of the lower edge Vof the blade 41 should be kept in approximate alignment with the outer edge of thepaving. It has been found thatfa structure of this charactermay be operated at a speed of live miles an hour yand give excellent results.A

I Vhen it; is `desired to transport .the device from place to place, theV shafts 29;l maybe operated through the handles V39 to elevate thel blades 41 and V44 clear of the groundor pavinglhe rear blade is. thenswung back out materially departing from the spirit of.V

the'invention and I accordinglydo notlimit myself tok such specific structure except as hereinafter claimed.v

I claim :--y Y i 1.rIn combination with a wheel supported frame, a supporting `.framework attached thereto and' projecting to one side thereof and affording pairs of vertically aligned bearings spaced longitudinally ofthe wheel supported frame, Ya -king bolt lrotatable Aand vertically adjustable `in each pair of :bear-` ings, a blade secured wat. its rear en'd to the forward king bolt andy extending outwardly and forwardly therefrom, a second blade secured intermediate its ends to the lower-end of the rear king lbolt Aand ydisposed at sub-4 stantially right angles tothe first named f blade, the inner end of lthe lastnamed blade being disposed inwardly ofthe inner end;

of the first named blade and means for li1nit ing rearwardfmovement of the outer ends of the blade. n 2.- In' combination witha wheel supported frame, a supporting framework attached thereto and projecting to one side'thereof and affording pairs of .vertically Valigned bearings spaced longitudinally ofthe wheel supported frame, akingbolt-rotatable and vertically adjustable .in each pair of bearl ings, a blade secured at itsy rear end to the forward king boltand extending outwardly and forwardly, therefrom, a second v,blade secured intermediate itsends tothe lower A end of the rear king bolt..fand disposed at substantially right angles'gtofthe'first namedV blade, the inner-end ofthe last named blade beingr disposed inwardlyof the inner end of the firstnamed blade, means for limiting rearward movement of the outer endsof the blade v and means for. adjustably limiting downward movement ofthe king bolts.

3. In combination with a wheel supported frame, a y.supporting framework attached thereto .and projecting'to one `side thereof i and; affordingV pairs of` vertically'V aligned bearings KVspaced longitudinally of the wheel supported frame,- a king boltrotatable and vertically adjustablefinjeach pair of beare ings, va bladesecured at Vits rear end to the z Y forward king bolt and extending outwardly and,` forwardly. therefrom, a secondV blade Securedintermediate tsgelpds to the. lewer end ofthe rear king bolt and disposed at substantially right angles to the first named blade, the inner end of they last named blade beingdisposed inwardly of the inner end of the rst named blade, means for limiting rearward movement of the outer ends of the blade,means for adjustably limiting downward movement of the king bolts including a kshaft associated with each king bolt, a collar secured to each king bolt, a chain connecting the collar of each king bolt with the shaft associated with the kingl bolt and means for rotating the shaft to elevate the Yking bolt.

4..In combination with wheel'supported frame, a supporting framework attached thereto and projecting to one side thereof and.

affording pairs of vertically aligned bear-v ings spaced longitudinally of the wheel sup ported frame, a king bolt rotatable vand vertically adjustable in each pair of bearings, a blade secured at itsrear end tothe forward king bolt and extending outwardly and forwardly therefrom, av second blade secured intermediate its ends to the lower end of the rear king` bolt and disposed at substantially right angles to the first named blade, the inner end of the last named blade being disposedl inwardly of the inner end of the first named blade and means for limiting rearward movement of the outer ends of the blade Vreleasable to permit movement of the blades to a position where they substantially parallel the line of travel V5. In a gradingattachment of the character described, asupporting framework including parallel g bars arranged in pairs, means connecting the bars at one end thereof for maintaining the same in spaced assembled relation, one pair of the `bars being downwardly oset adjacent the opposite end thereof, the offset portions being connectedy by a shelf, the other pair of bars being straight and likewise being connected by a shelf, the last named shelf overlying" the first named shelf, said shelves'having aligned longitudinally spaced pairs of openings, a king boltV rotatably and vertically adjustable through each pair of openings, a blade secured to the vlower end of each of the kingV bolts and means the king bolts. l

6. In combination with a wheel supported frame, aL supporting framework attached for vertically adjusting thereto andprojecting lto one side thereof j blade, the inner end of the last named blade Y being disposed inwardly of the inner end of the first named blade, means for limiting rearward movement of the outer ends of the blades and means for vertically adjusting the blades including a shaft associated with each king bolt, a collar secured to the .king

bolt between the bearings, a chain connectingl thel Vcollar of each king bo-ltwith its respec-` tive shaft and means shafts. Y i Y f.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aliix my signature.

' PAUL W. KEAN.

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